Welch: 'Modeling agents hated my body'

Raquel Welch has admitted that modeling agents did not always believe her body was sexy.

The actress and sex symbol told Oprah Winfrey that she struggled to get jobs when she initially arrived in Hollywood because agents did not like her curves.

"When I tried to do some modeling after I first came to LA - just to get a job - they hated my body. Everything was wrong. I had no idea that was the path I was going to be going in when I started my career, because I wanted to be an actress," she said.

The One Million Years B.C. star became a pin-up in the '60s when she was featured on the movie's poster wearing an animal skin bikini.

"I'll have my mornings when I really like myself, but 90% of the time it's, 'Oh my God'. One of the reasons I look so good is that it takes me about three hours to get ready," she added.